Staff Reporters
Feb 26, 2021

With Gangs in charge, how will Essence fare?

AGENCY REPORT CARD: T. Gangadhar (aka 'Gangs') took over from Kyoko Matsushita as the GroupM agency's APAC head in 2020. Could he help sustain Essence's success in a difficult year?

With Gangs in charge, how will Essence fare?

While Essence’s global erstwhile global CEO Christian Juhl got picked to run GroupM, his replacement was Kyoko Matsushita, the agency’s APAC chief. Essence’s leadership change has been seamless, however, with Matsushita replaced by company veteran T. Gangadhar, known as Gangs

Did Essence's top leadership shift change the agency's overall grade? Our full Agency Report Card on Essence—including the overall grade plus a detailed analysis and scores for management; innovation; clients and business; creativity; and people and diversity—is available only to Campaign Asia-Pacific members.

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